UofL Community Engagement projects break down into the following categories:

Partnership

Ongoing collaboration with community partners for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.

Outreach

Providing direct services, time, or resources to benefit a community or its institutions. This includes instances of public intellectualism such as talks, lectures, presentations, performances, etc.

Curricular engagement

Student involvement with external partners via coursework (Community-Based Learning courses)

Engaged scholarship

Faculty scholarly work done in full partnership with the community. It consists of research, teaching, and the application of scholarship for the mutual benefit of the institution and community partner.